Klein: Bad memories are coming back to me / Kosma: If only I'd known, I wouldn't have been such a greedy little kitty

"Okay, okay, then I'll be looking forward to it for a while."

With a gentle smile, Eden extended his hand to Xia Ling.

"Huh?"

Xia Ling, somewhat confused, extended her hand. Then, she saw Eden gently take her hand, and a warm feeling began to spread from the back of her hand.

"This is..."

"Miss Xia Ling should be familiar with the [Gold] mark."

"It can help you better perceive energy flow and increase your control over Honkai Energy and recovery speed."

Xia Ling was no stranger to the effects of the engraving, but she didn't expect Eden to hand it over to her so readily.

"Of course, but... there doesn't need to be any test? Or you can ask me for anything..."

"Of course—no need."

Eden deliberately dragged out his words.

"Alright, silly girl, didn't I just say that?"

Elysia smiled and pinched Xia Ling's cheek, "You've passed the test of Eden's Bell (Part 4)!"

"Huh?"

"Silly Xia Ling, Sister Eden's test is me..."

Little E's face was full of unhappiness.

"And then you recognized me using some weird method..."

"So that's what happened just now..." Xia Ling suddenly realized.

"If you want to imitate Elysia, Little E... there are probably many details to learn, such as Elysia's singing-like ending notes?"

"Of course I know... It's just that Elysia doesn't want me to be like her. She says... I should be myself."

Little E's voice sounded somewhat confused, "Although I don't understand what this means yet, Elysia told me that I just need to follow my heart..."

"So what are your thoughts right now?"

Xia Ling was a little curious.

"Well..."

Little E silently looked away.

She couldn't very well tell Xia Ling that she wanted to see Xia Ling with teary eyes being pinned down, could she? Although she wasn't quite clear about the boundaries between people yet, such a thought would be extremely rude!

"Alright, Xia Ling, these kinds of things can only be understood gradually through getting to know each other. You won't get the answers by asking." Eden smiled and stopped Xia Ling from continuing to press for answers.

"I have given all the contents of my memories to Elysia... Although she already knew them, it should be easier for you to handle them in the form of Memory Plate."

"In that case, I won't keep you from collecting the imprints. After all, I also want to see Xia Ling's masterpiece published as soon as possible."

After bidding farewell to this artist from Previous Civilization, Xia Ling looked at the empty reception room, feeling somewhat troubled.

"Who should I look for next...?"

"How about we go find Sakura?" Elysia suggested.

"Perfect timing. Rin and Hiyomaru are there too. They've been helping out lately, so we can go check on things."

Chapter 48 Klein: Unpleasant Memories Resurface

"Is this Sakura's area? It looks a bit..."

Xia Ling looked at the area in front of her, which resembled an amusement park. "Uh... Elysia, are you sure we didn't end up in Everlasting Paradise?"

"Sakura wasn't like this originally, but after Rin came to stay with her... well, you know."

Elysia replied matter-of-factly, "After all, in your words, Sakura is also a sister-complex, right?"

"Wait... Elysia, keep your voice down, I didn't say that!"

"It's alright, Miss Xia Ling, you don't need to mind. This way of addressing me is actually quite an accurate description of my situation."

A cold voice rang out from behind Xia Ling, causing the girl who was still holding onto Elysia to shiver instantly.

"Sakura? Long time no see... What are you doing, disappearing so unexpectedly..."

"Concealing my presence has become an instinct for me, especially in such a complex environment... I'm sorry if I startled you."

The cherry blossom-colored assassin revealed a gentle smile completely out of character for her profession. It seemed that with Rin by her side, her demeanor was quite different from before.

Waking up to see her younger sister, being able to indulge Rin's every need, without worrying about the Honkai or human threats, and without being awakened from her sleep by the recurrence of that nightmare...

Without a doubt, these days are the happiest time of Sakura's life, even more so than before.

That is why she felt deeply grateful to Xia Ling for rescuing the bell from the black box.

"It's nothing... It's just that I'm usually the one who scares others, so it's quite different to be scared once in a while."

Xia Ling waved her hand. "How have you been lately?"

"It's quite pleasant. Rin is very obedient, and Hiyomaru is also..." Sakura paused, remembering how Rin wanted to "eat" Hiyomaru every day. "Yeah, it's a lot of fun."

"So, Hiyomaru occupies a niche in the ecosystem of pets...?"

"Big sister, you're back! And... wait, Sister Xia Ling and Sister Elysia?"

Seemingly having captured information about itself, Hiyomaru's figure appeared out of thin air from a nearby amusement park ride.

"Hello, Hiyomaru. Where's Rin? Isn't she with you?"

Xia Ling smiled and patted the little fox's head.

"Sister Ling is still working on the things that Sister Xia Ling needs... but it looks like it's almost finished. Sister Ling told me yesterday that if Sister Xia Ling doesn't assign her any new tasks, she'll have nothing to do."

"How did she become so addicted to it... This kid has the potential to be a programmer."

"Programmer? From what I've seen and heard in my lifetime, it doesn't seem like a promising career." Sakura, concerned about her sister's future, shook her head. "But it seems like a good hobby."

"Yes, Sister Ling has been working so hard these past few days... But since Sister Xia Ling needs to talk to her, I'll go and call Sister Ling over. You two can chat first."

As she spoke, Hiyomaru disappeared again in a flash.

"So, Xia Ling, you came to the paradise this time for the so-called... uh, meat pigeon? (3)" The pink fox ears on Ying's head swayed doubtfully.

"That's right. Before the Finality, I want everyone to see this glorious past... and thereby understand the weight of crossing the Finality."

"In that case, I certainly agree. Helping the trial participants is the duty of us remnants of the old generation." Sakura agreed without hesitation, "So, what do you need me to do?"

"Hmm... an imprint, and... some memories?"

"Of course, not overly private memories. I mean, the ones in the Memory Plate, and memories of important events you were personally involved in."

Before Xia Ling could finish speaking, a cherry-colored mark appeared on her hand and, like the mark of Eden, vanished in a flash.

"As for the engraving, I originally planned to give it to you after meeting Miss Xia Ling."

"As for those memories... they are just insignificant past events. If Miss Xia Ling needs them, it is fine to make a copy of them all."

Sakura clearly didn't care about the past and said without hesitation, "After all, for me, seizing the present is the most important thing. It's just a pity that I don't have the same power as Rin and can't help you more."

"There's more to it than just what my sister can do."

Ling's voice interrupted their conversation, "Long time no see, Sister Xia Ling. Also, I was wondering where Little E had gone. Turns out you went to see Sister Elysia."

"Because Elysia said that Xia Ling's visit was a secret matter..."

"I don't care, just remember to be back at work this afternoon!" Rin said, hands on her hips. "That idiot Hiyomaru, he's also Herrscher of Corruption, so why is he so much dumber than you? He almost messed things up this morning!"

"Gurgle..." Little E let out a human-like mournful cry.

"Only a few weeks old and already a corporate slave, how miserable... Also, so this is why Hiyomaru said you've been so busy lately...?"

"Yes, her job is to create more work for me. Even Sister Klein said it looked familiar."

Ling chuckled and asked, "Sister Xia Ling, are you done with your work outside?"

"Of course, it's all over now. But you and Hiyomaru have both come to the Elysian Realm. Yae Sakura?"

"With Sister Kallen by her side, she'll be fine for a while."

"Compared to this, Sister Xia Ling, where did you get that so-called 'meat pigeon underlying framework' you provided me from? It's so useful!"

When talking about the templates provided by the system, Ling's eyes seemed to light up.

"Who on earth made this?!"

"Huh? So the knock-off version created by the system is actually quite reliable after it's separated from the system?"

This time, Xia Ling was shocked. After all, according to her impression, the part of the meat pigeons developed by the system itself had an astonishingly high failure rate of 100%.

"Oh no, is the system really a genius?"

Xia Ling felt that her preconceived notions about the system were crumbling.

Speaking of the system, it hasn't actually appeared on screen for a while now. Of course, one reason is that, apart from being the rogue launcher, Xia Ling has been asking it to optimize the rogue framework for external use.

On the other hand, the system's performance seems to be among the better ones compared to other systems of the same origin... As an outstanding individual, it also seems to need to complete some tasks.

From Xia Ling's perspective, it's a bit like being asked to share her success story.

However, it said that there might be a lot of benefits after it was done... so Xia Ling let it go.

"However... I heard from Hiyomaru that Rin, you've already finished this part and are waiting for new work?"

Xia Ling had an idea.

"Hey, how about... you design some battle nodes with events for me next?"

"For example, Sakura could be one of the mini-bosses on the Third Floor..."

Chapter 49 Cosmo: I should have known better than to be a little glutton in the first place

"Let my sister... go fight those warriors of the modern civilization?"

Ling tilted her head in a subtle arc, perfectly expressing the doubt in her heart at that moment.

Although not a combat specialist, Rin could still discern her sister's strength, especially after the slash her sister unleashed that froze space when she saved her...

Ling immediately had an extremely pessimistic assessment of the difficulty of this pigeon.

"It's okay, we can add some restrictions to Sakura in the rogue, like... only going all out once every five minutes?"

"Miss Xia Ling, even I couldn't freeze space every five minutes."

"Haha... then let's shave it again."

Xia Ling patted Ling's head and prepared to leave. "Anyway, good luck. The work of balancing is now in your hands!"

"The designer of the Elysian Realm Pigeons—Ring!"

"It sounds like a job specifically for getting yelled at..." Ling complained helplessly.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

Xia Ling, who was just about to leave, suddenly turned back and said.

"I remember that your Corrosion Virus should need time to replicate, right...? Then let's try to borrow as much of the power of Little E and Hiyomaru as possible these next few days."

"After all, in a couple of days... we might need a lot of Corrosion Virus to build something."

"A lot? What kind of construction requires a large amount of Corrosion Virus?"

Ling asked curiously.

"Hmm... because the several endings we've set up are mostly fictional, we might need a large amount of Corrosion Virus to construct some virtual scenarios." Xia Ling gave a cryptic smile. "As for the content, well, that's a secret for now~"

"Hey... what kind of copywriter keeps secrets from programmers and graphic designers?!"

"Rin is surprisingly capable... maybe she has a real talent for this?"

While navigating through the data in the Elysian Realm, Xia Ling looked at Elysia and asked, "So... where are we going next?"

"Hehe, Pink Fairy Lady has already planned out your route~"

Elysia handed Xia Ling a route map.